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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/9283125 > The Isle of Demons appeared on maps of the New World for more than a century. But by the mid-1600s, cartographers made an important discovery: There was no Isle of Demons. > > Bermeja, a 31 square-mile island in the Gulf of Mexico first charted in 1539, was only officially marked as non-existent in 2009, following an investigation led by scientists from the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City.

>The donor group is made up mostly of Canadian Muslim professionals, such as lawyers and doctors. Formed in December 2014, the group helped Justin Trudeau to his first election victory in 2015. > >The group says it has directed hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Liberal Party annually since December 2014. One member of the group — whose donation records CBC News verified with Elections Canada — has contributed nearly $19,000 to the Liberals since the group's foundation.

>Contrary to some of the coverage, the Indigo 11 have not been charged with anything hate-related. The Criminal Code does contain certain hate-specific provisions, including prohibitions on the communication of “hate propaganda.” The Code also specifically prohibits hate-motivated mischief, but the provision only applies to property primarily used by an “identifiable group” including places of worship and religious schools, not big box bookstores. > >None of these hate-specific offences has been invoked in this case, though Toronto Police have given vague indications that they may yet lay hate propaganda charges, which require the consent of the Attorney General.

>Amnesty International Peru said it conducted intensive on-the-ground investigations, and found evidence of at least 20 potential cases of extrajudicial executions committed by Peruvian security forces against unarmed protesters, who were shot in the body and head. Medical workers attempting to tend to the wounded were also shot and killed, Navarro said. > >The crackdown also had a clear racial bias, she explained: “Eighty per cent of the people that were injured or killed were Indigenous people.” >We don’t get answers to our questions; we don’t get replies to our calls for a suspension of arms exports; we see that there appears to be a double standard,” Price added, noting that Canada has suspended arms exports over human rights concerns to other countries, such as Turkey and Belarus. Spain and Brazil, meanwhile, both paused exports to Peru. >Looming large over Canada’s relationship with Peru is the Canadian mining industry, which holds nearly $10 billion worth of assets in Peru. Canada is the third-largest investor in Peru’s mining industry, and is the country’s largest foreign investor in mining exploration.

>As [recently confirmed](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOewN1RRTKo&t=368s) by the head of the Ukrainian delegation in Ukraine-Russia peace talks this could have been [avoided ](https://twitter.com/I_Katchanovski/status/1729936333420818541)if the US and UK hadn’t scuttled a [deal ](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/20/turkey-says-russia-ukraine-close-to-agreement)in the spring of 2022. David Arakhamia, who is now parliamentary leader of Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Servant of the People party, said Russia was prepared to end the war if Ukraine agreed to neutrality, but UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Zelensky not to sign the peace deal. Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, Vladimir Putin and others have echoed this account of the initial peace negotiations.

Archive: [ https://archive.is/hdUSo ] >The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that when a minor violation of a suspect’s constitutional rights leads to several subsequent violations, the sequence should be treated as minor by judges conducting criminal trials. That principle could make it easier for prosecutors to use evidence illegally obtained by police. >Under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, evidence that is unlawfully obtained may still be used in a trial – but only if a judge decides that excluding it would cause more harm than including it. Rights violations treated as minor often result in unlawful evidence being permitted to be heard, especially when the alleged offence is a serious one. > >The Charter’s approach is different than that of the U.S. Constitution, which excludes most unlawfully obtained evidence. U.S. courts have declined to accept “fruits of the poisonous tree” – evidence linked to an initial breach of a suspect’s rights. >“Far from being unremarkable events, police officers conducted a series of increasingly invasive searches, arrests and detentions in the absence of lawful authority. There is a strong social interest in denouncing a course of conduct that disregards both individual privacy and liberty, thereby undermining the rule of law,” Justice Martin and Justice Kasirer wrote. >Toronto lawyer Frank Addario expressed concern. “The police respond to the incentives that judicial decisions create. If the courts tell them that violating the Constitution is okay if they are enforcing drug laws, they get the message,” he said.

Archive: [ https://archive.is/N7vjo ] >On Monday, Steven Tufts, a geography professor and labour expert who is one of the York academics organizing the walk-out, said Dr. Wood and two others had been placed on administrative leave last Thursday – the same day the police announced the charges after arresting most of the accused early Wednesday morning. > >“There was an overstep by administration: they acted quickly due to some of the political pressure they’re under,” Dr. Tufts said. > >He said the university said the action was necessary to protect everyone’s safety but university officials would not discuss alternative resolutions.

>More than 1,200 vehicles have been stolen in Ottawa this year, a 16 per cent jump from the year before, with new model SUVs and light trucks the most popular targets. New model Toyota Rav4 , Honda CRV, Jeep Grand Cherokee and Ford F-Series trucks are especially popular, along with any vehicle with a push-button starter. > >Police have recovered 315 stolen vehicles and made 80 arrests, Stubbs said. > >“It used to be five or 10 years ago that older cars were the target because they didn’t have the advanced alarm security that the new cars have. But the technology that they (thieves) are securing is defeating a lot of those alarms.”

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